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Paperback. Showcases how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how such technologies became integral to fresh ways of thinking about class, race, and gender, as well as about the politics of colonial rule. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226269375
ISBN
9780226269375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Hardcover. An account of how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It examines the assimilation and appropriation of bicycles, rice mills, sewing machines, and typewriters in India. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922027
ISBN
9780226922027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. This work shows how historians, geographers and philosophers have invoked nature in its various manifestations - climate, topography, vegetation, wildlife and disease - as a dynamic force in human history. It covers a whole cycle of environmental history and its interpretation Series: New Perspectives on the Past. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTP; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631190219
ISBN
9780631190219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Paperback. This book explores one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period: when voyagers from Western Europe led by Spain and Portugal set out across the world and set up links with Africa, Asia and the Americas. Series: Lancaster Pamphlets. Num Pages: 84 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415279963
ISBN
9780415279963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.52

Paperback. Offers an analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India that explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBTB; JHM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 516. State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth-Century India. 368 pages, Ill. Offers an analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India that explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBTB; JHM; MBP. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 13. Weight: 528.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
2nd Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520082953
ISBN
9780520082953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Gandhi was not only the most important Indian figure of the 20th century, he is the most famous pacifist ever. This is a readable examination of Gandhi and the nature of his often unconventional and controversial power. Series: Profiles in Power. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsim., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582319783
ISBN
9780582319783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.55

Hardcover. Giving an overview of the origins and history of the Cold War, this work considers whether the Cold War is truly over, and what the effects have been on Europe, and the former Soviet Union, as well as US foreign policy. Editor(s): Armstrong, David; Goldstein, Erik. Num Pages: 226 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 589. Used hardback in good condition. With dustjacket. Some shelf wear. Ex library with usual markings otherwise remains a good copy.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRF0018846
ISBN
9780714634197
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. At Close Quarters reveals the truth behind Grant-Taylor and his shooting method. It details for the first time why Grant-Taylor kept his true identity secret, his actual origins, his secret wartime service and how he went onto influence the Commanding Officer of the post war SAS regiment in the area of close quarter battle and special operations. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553206
ISBN
9781781553206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.70

Paperback. Looking at the American Declaration of Independence, this book reveals the document through the eyes of the rest of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030329
ISBN
9780674030329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. Distinguished historians provide uniquely broad coverage of the dynamics of global and regional change in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Sheds new light on the American, French and Haitian revolutions, alongside ground-breaking treatments of Africa's place in world history and Asia's age of revolutions. Editor(s): Armitage, David; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230580473
ISBN
9780230580473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.32

Paperback. This text was the first edited collection on the burgeoning history of the early modern Atlantic world and has had a huge impact on the many fields of Atlantic Studies. This second edition features two new essays on science and global history respectively, as well as a revised Introduction and updated guides to further reading. Editor(s): Armitage, Professor David; Braddick, M.J. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 maps, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230202351
ISBN
9780230202351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.98

Paperback. Producing and rearing children are immensely important human activities. This collection offers new and original essays by leading philosophers on some of the main ethical issues raised by these activities. A clear introduction provides an overview of the current debates in this area while individual chapters focus on specific points. Editor(s): Archard, David; Benatar, David. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198748151
ISBN
9780198748151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.99

Paperback. Black Bartholomew's Day is the first comprehensive study of the politicised preaching and polemical literature surrounding the mass ejection of Puritan ministers from the Church of England in 1662 - a pivotal event in the history of religion in Britain Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087806
ISBN
9780719087806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313175
ISBN
9780822313175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardcover. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990675
ISBN
9780295990675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.03

Paperback. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 illustrations, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991993
ISBN
9780295991993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Digital original
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408701928
ISBN
9781408701928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.86

Paperback. An extraordinarily gripping narrative of how Britain, seemingly on the ropes after losing control of America, built the military and naval might to defeat Napoleon -- and in doing so transformed her destiny. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141664
ISBN
9780349141664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The massacre exposed the widely differing ways in which post-Revolutionary Parisians construed the word "patriotism", and why the great Revolutionary goal of political unanimity was so elusive. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838425
ISBN
9781843838425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Paperback. In this wholly definitive work, David Andress examines the The French Revolution: the birth of a new ideological age and the bloody emergence of Europe's first political terrorists. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115887
ISBN
9780349115887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

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